Lauren Dwyer, PsyD, NCSP

Mindfulness & Self-Care for Parents

Self-Regulation Resources for Parents and Children

What 2020 taught me about the race I never knew I was running

Reparenting Yourself: Self-Love Reconditioning

Learn how to Meditate Effectively

Trauma and Brain Plasticity

Your surge capacity is depleted

5 Minute Corona Stress Resets

Self-Care & Co-care Strategies

Apps for self care

A Toolkit for Parents & Caregivers

Hack your anxiety in 5 easy steps with mindfulness

What makes some people more resilient than others

Seven Ways to Cope with Uncertainty

Traumatic Stress & Care for Caregivers

Preparing your mind for uncertain times

Parents need help with trauma too: a bottom up approach

Taking Care of Our Kids Mental Health and Our Own During Back to school season

Negative Emotions are key to well-being

Stress Effects on the body

TED Talk: Why we all need to practice psychological first aid

Ted Talk: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid

Ted Talk: What makes a good life?

Video: How childhood trauma affects health over a lifetime

Calm Meditation App

Self-Compassion Break

Can’t deal with uncertainty any longer? Science has 3 coping strategies to try right nowPro tip: Don’t assume that something you’re uncertain about will have a terrible outcome.

How to Be the Calm You Wish to See In the World and Why It MattersWe can’t feel empowered to create change from a place of despair.

Why Taking a Mental Health Day Often Isn't EnoughAddressing the mental health crisis requires more than just the occasional day off.

Time to ditch ‘toxic positivity,’ experts say: ‘It’s okay not to be okay’Excessive forced happiness exacerbates negative emotions and prevents people with genuine problems from working through them.

Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It”Mark Groves from Create the Love and the Mark Groves Podcast writes, “Every single human has surely suffered with feeling invalidated for…

Mindfulness meditation increases visual short-term memory, study findsA new study provides evidence that an single, 8-minute mindfulness meditation exercises can improve visual short-term memory. The findings appear in the ...

4 Simple Phrases to Stop Anxious ThoughtsDuring these uncertain times, it's important to interrupt anxious thoughts.

How to Release Trauma by doing Nothing: the Science & Magic of Yoga Nidra.Throughout the course of life, you accumulate tension in all of these layers, and unless released, this tension is a persistent and subconscious experience you will carry into every aspect of life.

Psychologist Kira Hudson Banks on how to handle 2020's mental tollWomen are already disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Here’s what many of them are feeling.

How People Learn to Become ResilientResilience is a set of skills—and psychologists know how you can learn them.

Why Self-Compassion and Emotion Regulation Are Key to Coping with COVID-19 - EdSurge NewsEvery emotional response is a unique experience. What triggers an unpleasant emotion today may not even register tomorrow. Perhaps right now you are at ...

How to Deal with Constantly Feeling OverwhelmedFive strategies can help.

How to Breathe when the World is on Fire.Now, nine months into a year that has brought hell on Earth for so many of us, I’m watching new flames consume my beloved West Coast.

How To Mitigate Loneliness And Its ConsequencesA few years ago, former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy framed the condition of loneliness — which can reduce life expectancy and limit creativity — as an epidemic in the United States.

30 Habits and Mindsets of People Who are UnhappyDepression isn’t something that you’ll see out in the open. Sometimes, it’s not easy to spot until it’s too late. Depression is more than just sadness and lots of crying. It’s a constant numb feeling that never really goes away, even when someone engages in activities that they used to enjoy. So how do you […]

How a 15-minute 'awe walk' drastically improves mental healthMove over, forest bathing.

How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of YouPay less attention to them and more attention to your values.

Motivation: How to sustain your energy levels

When Being Tired Is Actually DepressionThere's a complex relationship between fatigue and your mental health. Here's how to tell when your lethargy is something more.

How Exercise May Bolster the BrainExercise prompts the liver to pump out a little-known protein that appears to rejuvenate the brain, a new study found.

Where Emotions Are Felt In the Body, According to ResearchA 2014 study found that emotions tend to “be felt” in similar areas of the body. Read where they’re found and how to release the emotions that can get stuck in your body.

What Makes Some People More Resilient Than OthersThe very earliest days of our lives, and our closest relationships, can offer clues about how we cope with adversity.

If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed - MindShiftPhysicians have been taught to look for signs of hopelessness, sadness and lack of motivation to help them diagnose depression. But anger as a depression symptom is less often noticed or addressed.

How to Cope When Everything Keeps ChangingMaking plans is basically a thing of the past, but there are ways to deal.

What Happens When You Embrace Dark EmotionsA psychologist explains how to face emotional challenges using mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion.

To Build Emotional Strength, Expand Your BrainThe quest to understand something new is a key factor to building the resilience necessary to weather setbacks and navigate life’s volatility.

Restore Your Sense of Control — Despite the PandemicAutonomy leads to adaptability.

Healthy Coping Skills for Uncomfortable EmotionsWhether you're anxious or angry, these coping skills and strategies can help you feel better in a healthy way.

Feeling Bad About Feeling Bad Can Make You Feel WorseAccording to a new study, people who accept their negative emotions have better psychological health.

The One Thing You Can Control Right Now: Yourself We feel powerless over so many things in the pandemic. But learning to practice better self-control can help.

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